The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1896, Page 22

(5] © THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1896 HE Tavary Company’s taste in “novelties” have run to works that were writ- ten for big opera-houses and de- | mand costly productions. It is | painful to dwell upon the way in which |1 these operas have been put on stag Guileless rustics on one-night stands may be willing to split their best gloves ap- plauding a mise en scene which admit of a Nubian slave wearing golden locks, g diamond tiara and a Louis XIV v of silver tinsel; but people whose memo- ries of ““Aida” are sacred to good opera- ."’ [§ | served better treatment. this year seems to |letand a handsome mise en scene, there | siecle naturalness of her playing would be ¥ is still something imposing about Meyer- beer’s showy soothing to the It ork, but bereit of its gorge- usness the “*Huguenots'” is like a banquet hall when the flowers have faded and the ights grown dim. Elenora Duse, the Italian actress, opens her engugement in New York to-morrow. | This is Duse’s second visit to America, and here seems every prospect that the Pacific Joast wil be passed oyer in her tour. This invidious distinction has not proved | ian residents, who are | naturally anxious to renew acquaintance houses want none of these things. On the | with their compatriot since she has other hand people who know anything of | blossomed out into universal fame, MME. TAVARY, THE NOTED PRIMA DONNA, AT THE BALDWIN, the opera demand some pomp and pagean- The sons of sunny Italy say try in the scene where' Ramedes returns home victorious, and the least criticat are tempted to wonder how an Egyptian general ever conquered Nubia with a couple, of dozen men dressed as a historical review of military cos- tumes from the times of the Greeks to the period of medieval knighthood. The only thing that prevented the triumph scene in *‘Aida” from resembling the march of all nations in the “Excelsior” ballet was the | absence of Tommy Atkins from the pro-| cession. | Even the tinselly old ‘“Huguenots” de-l that it strikes them as lack of enterprise jmot to secure a visit from the greatest living tragedienne, For their part they are willing to promise and vow liberal | support to the theater that will give them buse. There is litile doubt that the great Elenora would make as furious a sensa- tion hLere as she did in the East. The first time an audience sees Duse it gener- ally compares her with Bernhardt | and finds her methods passionless be- side those of the Frerch woman; the second visit to Dus€ lLas the effect of making one hesitate between her and Bernhardt; but the third time settles it. No one has been known to resist seeing Duse more than twice and not bowing to | T " With a good bal- | the rupremacy of her genius, The fin-de- a revelation to San Francisco playgoers. Baldwin Theater. ‘ The last week of the Tavary Company | | begins to-morrow night, when ‘‘The | | Huguenots” will be presented. This will | be followed on Tuesday night by the first presentation of *Lohengrin’’ during the | | present stay of the company. ‘Mignon” | 15 to be heard at the Wednesday matinee, and the bill for the evening of that day is ia”” and “Cavalleria Rusticana.” will be “heard for the last time | on Thursday night and “Tannhauser” | | on Friday. Thea Dorre in her impersona. | tion of Carmen will be seen and heard | at the last Saturday matinee, which the | management has decided to give at popu- | | lar prices, as well as the Wednesday mati- | | nee of this week. The company will bid | | adieu on Saturday night with a production | of “Trovatore’”’ and “I Pagliacci.” { -The attraction to follow the Tavary Grand Opera Company at the Baldwin | | Theater is Frederick Warde. His players include in their ranks Charles D. Herman, Charles Sutton, Beverly W. Turner, D. Byers, Henry C. Barton, Ernest C. | Grant Forman, John C. Hickey, Lan- | ders Stevens, George Fullerton, Fanny Gillette, Lucia Moore, Craig Garrick and Isabella Waldron. Mr. Warde will pre- sent during his engagement *King Lear,’” “Virginius,” ~ “Julius Cesar,” *‘The Mountebank,” *“The Lion’s Mouth” and other plays. California Theater. Thomas Keene's second week at the Cal- ifornia Theater will open to-morrow night with “*Merchant of Venice,”” in which he will be supported by Miss Timbermann as Portia, Miss Belgarde as Nerissa, and by the same company that has been seen af the California during the past week. Mr. | Keene’s view of the play differs from most | of the actors of the past, who have made | Shylock an exceedingly tragic and some- what caricatured picture of a grasping money-lender. With Mr. Keene he is aa | object of sympathy and not of execration. | Like his Louis XI and Richelieu, it is a consistent character study. . On Tuesday night Mr. Keene will play “Richard IT1,’ which will be repeated also on Saturday night. “Richelien” will be the bill for Wednesday, ‘‘Hamlet” for Thursday, “Otbello” for Friday, ‘‘Mer- chant of Venice’ for Saturday afternoon | and *‘Louis XI'’ for the farewell perform- ance on Sunday night. “The Bicycle Gir a farcical absurdity, headed by jolly Nellie McHenry, the California Monday week. by Louis Harrison, and shows the ne woman and the coming man on the bic; cle fad. It abounds with music, dances and repartee. | Columbia Theater. Katie Putnam will appear at the Colum- | bia Theater to-morrow night in “The Old | Lime Kiln,” which was written for her by | T. C. Dazey and is said to be. a play well | adapted to her especial style of work. In its general lines *‘The Old Lime Kiln”’ | resembles “In Old Kentucky,” and it is said to permit of the same wide range of | comedy and pathos that characterized Katie Putnam’s work in “The Old Curios- ity Shop,” where the widely divergent characters of the Marchioness and Little Nell gave full play to her versatility. In the present day comedy and pathos go side by side. The selection of the Yellowstone Na- tional Park as the: locale of a portion of the story gives opportunity for unique ef- fects and color designs. Yellowstone Falls and the geysers, Old Faithtul, are two sub- jects that have been “scenically treated. The story of the vlay springs from the struggles of a good man, accused unjustly of a heinous crime, to re-establish his in- nocence in the sight of the world. Grover’s Alcazar. “Faust” will be presented at Grover's Alcazar this week. Percy Hunting will appear as Mephistopheles, a part with which he has long been identified, and Miss Mina Gleason will play Marguerite, On the 24ih inst. the Carleton Opera Company will begin a season at the Alca- zar. The opening opera will be Sir Julius Benedict's “*Lily of Killarney.” Sir Julius Benedict will be remembered as the con- ductor of the famous Jenny Lind concerts in America. He was afterward knighted by Queen Victoria, more particularly asa reward meritorious for the beautiful music of this opera. He was tue first musician :(l::d enjoyed the distinction of knight- * Grand Opera-House. The attraction for this week at the Grand is John A. Stevens’ clever Southern story ““‘Wife for Wife,” which has not been seen in San Francisco for a long time. It af- fords an excellent illustration of life in the South before the war. All the typical characters, from the fire-eating dnelist to the cunning mulatto, are there. The story is full of movement and has plenty of com- edi; to offset the seripus interest. The production will be the occasion of the tirst appearance of the new leading lady of the company, Miss Essie Tittel, also the reappearance in the male leading {and M | collocation from Joleof the populaructor, Darrell Vinton. The new stage manager, Louis Imhaus, is to direct the presentation. Tivoli Opera-House. The last performances of “‘The Gentle Savage” will be given at the Tivoli Opera- house this week. Weber's. romantic German opera, *‘Der Freischutz,” will be the attraction for the week following. Thisisa work whose mu- sic never cloys. Many of the operas of its age have grown old and hackneyed, but the “Freischutz’’ remains a dehight to mu- sic lovers. Ttslibretto tells a weird story of peasant life, which is too well known to need repetition. Ida Valerga will reappear in the role of Agatha and the role of Annie will be taken by Miss Kate Marchi, who will make her first reappearance on tlie scene of her former success, The role of Max, the young hunter, has been intrusted to Mar- tin Pache, who has sung the part most successfully throughout Germany and Austria; John J. Raffael will essay the basso cantante role of i time, and the remaining roles will be vlayed by W. H. West, Marcell Perron, George Hlidge and C. Napoleoni. . At the Orpheum. Most of the star feature of the Orpheum programme last week will be retained on the bill for the coming week. They are the | remarkable head-balancing act of the Pantzer Brothers, who astonished the spec- tators by their seemingly reckless, vet skillfully executed, feats of hesd equili- brism; “the sketch act of the Garrisons, the songs and monologues of Johnson, the comedy work and banjo salos of Billy Carter and Stanton’s ‘‘rooster” act. For the week entered upon the Wiltons will be an important new feature. They are acrobatic comedy bar artistsand are considered almost the greatest in their line. One of the two was in San Francisco about fourteen years ago, when the team was known as Wilton and Morris. Rachel Wallker will give her farewell performance at to-day’s matinee, as she is billed to open at the Orpheum, Los Angeles, to-morrow night. Young Ladies’ Orchestra. The first benefit concert of the Saturday Morning Orchestra will be given to-mor- row evening in Metropolitan Temple. The mnsicale will be a brilliant society event and a large audience is assured. The orchestra wili be directed by Alfred Roncovieri. The gentlemen of . the Phil- harmonic Society will give their assistance, ss Caroline H. Little and S. Homer Henley will be the vocalists. The pro- | gramme is as follo Overture, e (Rossini); (@) Span- ish dance, '(5) olero (Mosz! k “Should F Tpbra1d?” (Bishop), (b) das Land?” from “Mignon’. (Thomas); (c)‘La Folleuta” (Salvatore Marchesi), Miss Caroline H. Little; paraphrase, melody in P (Rubin- in); fantasia, “Tan ntermezzo, I Pagliace Graceful Dance (Sir “Bedouin_Love Song Henley; springserenade Lacombe); ballet Paderewski Recitals.. Paderewski’s last three recitals at the California Theater are to take place to- i That appear before s on all three occasions goes wying. Saturday the great pianist will crowded hous without On eveni Paderewski will Carroll | | nounced for that day is “*Carmen.” KATIE PUTNAM, AT THE COLUMBIA. The last matinee_of . the Tavary Grand Opera Comuany will be ziven on Saturday next, and at 50¢c, 75¢ and §L. The bill an- Robert Mantell is one of the early book- ings at the California Theater, and so is Peter F. Dailey, in “The Night Clerk.” Stuart Robson has captured New York | ;\'ith his new play, “Mrs. Pondeberry’s Past iy Miss Virginia Harned, who retired from the cast of *Trilby” several, months ago, has become an heiress throuch the'death of an aunt, who left her $45,000. Miss Harned has gone to Cumberland, Md., where the estate is being settled. FOR THE GOLD FIELDS. A Trip to the JMines at Cook’s Inlet to Take Place Early in April. Considerable interest is being manifested in the newly discovered gola fields at Cook’s Intet, Alaska, and a number of mining men have betaken themselves thither in search of the yellow metal, which is said to abound in those parts. [t is even said that every stream in the re- gion bears gold, while quartz mines near b_y, have the name of being exceedingly | rich. | Charles D. Ladd is one of many who | predict a great future for the newly opened JULES AND ELLA GARRISON AT THE ORPHEUM. ‘plny at the Macdonough Theater, Oak- land. ok Sousa’s Band. Sousa will have three soloists with him at the Auditorium in this City. They are Miss Myrtle French, soprano; Miss Carrie | Duke, violinist, and Arthur Pryor, the young trombone soloist whe created so much interest here during the Midwinter Fair by his playing. Rosewald Memorial. On account of "the Paderewski farewell matinee on the 2lst-inst., the Rosewald memorial entertainment will be postponed till March 6. Dramatic Brevities. Nellie McHenry has a’ new farce en- titled “Hattie Hurry M.D.,” which she in- tenas to present as well as ““The Bicycle Girl” during her stay at the California. Those who finve read the new play say it is a splendid work and full of good points. mines. He has organized a trip to the gold fields, the party to leave on or about the 5th of Aprilin tha barkentine Marion. The fare will be only §50 from this City to the mouth of Resurrection Creek, at a dis- | tance of less than five miles from the first | claim. Many applications have been made | for tickets. ——————— Rocky. Vulencia Street. Residents of the Mission district complain bitterly because the Market-Street Railway Company managers do not pay more attention to the paving of Valencia street between the rails. Under the law the company is required to keep the street between the rails in proper repair, but for several months Valencia street has been neglected, and in seyeral piaces the condition is dangerous to vehicles. A petition | {‘lt? been sent to the Supervisors asking for re- —————— Buldwin Change of BIll. By request “Tannhauser” will be given at the Baldwin Theater next Friday evening in- stead of the ‘‘Bohemian Girl,” and on'Satur. day night there will be a double bill, “Trova- tore” and “I Pagliacci.” SCENE FROM “ A WIFE FOR A WIF'E," AT MOROSCO’S GRAND OPE‘IKA'HOUSE. SUPERVISORS ARRAIGNED. | The Union for Practical Progress Asks Some Pointed Questions. FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. | | 1 i i ! The Reform Organization Wants the Beard to Place Itself on Record. In language which. cannot be misunder- stood the Union for Practical Progress has requested the Board of Supervisors to ex- | plain why no attention has been paid to its petition for a special election to decide | whether or not San Francisco shall own its own water and light works. The communication was sent to tie board some time ago, and the union has been waiting patiently for an answer, but | in vain. The committee 1n charge of the matter says: 8AN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 1896. To the Hon. Board sf Supervisors, San cisco—( TLEM! On September 18, 189! filed with you & petition asking that a special election be called, at which the guestion of public ownership of water and light works | should . be submitted to the voters of San | Francisco. | It was referred by you to your Finance Com- mittee (Messrs. Taylor, Hobbs'and Benjamin). | We have attended a regular meeting of your Finance Committee in December, and ex- hibited the indorsements and signatures of 3000 citizensand nine organizations. We have filed with you 8 membrial showing that water rates in San Francisco average $20 per year for the same service furnished in other eities | (under public ownership, for 11 6: 163 | er year is the average 1ate of thirty-five cities | the United States which operate public water works. We call your attention to tlre fact that San Francisco is the only city of its size in the United States which does not own public water works. We reminded you that this question has always received the required majority when submitted to the voters of other cities. | We gave statistics and estimates from Colonel | Mendell’s report (when he was employed by the City), showing that a sufficient water sup- 1y could be obtained for less than $10,000,000. e referred you to the anuual sworn state- | ments of the Spring Valley Water Company, which exhibited the startling facts that their vearly operating expenses are less than $400,000, while their yearly revenue is over $1,600,000. Their sworn statement for 1895 Teaflirms these figures. We have given you factsand figures, taken from official sources, which clearly show that the inhabitants ot San Franecisco are subjected 10 an enormous unnecessery and unjust {ax by & private corporation (alidone with yourassisi- ance). The action of the ?eop]e everywhere shows that they approve of public owilership of these utilities, and we have shown that cheaper” rates are charged in the cities that own their water supplies and that public o, eratjon of water works is more economical, under all circumstances, to the public than private ownership. The force of these facts should induce every conscientious and honest representative of the people to immediately take steps to abolish 1his form of taxation of their constituents by a few private individuals. | Regarding light rates, we gave you statistics proving that electric lights are furnished now by cities, under publiz ownership; at less than one-half former charges by private corpora- tions. More recent reports puablish to the world that while you are paying $15 per month for electric lights, Alameds, under Pubnc ownership, secures the same light for ess than 7 per month, and Santa Cruz the same light for less than $4 per month. In gas rates a similar discrepancy can be shown. | Gentlemen, we very regretfully record the indifference manifesied by you to this popular appeal. Y)on have on the other hand been uick even to protect a rich corporation from the consequences of its illegal acts. When the | Market-street Railway Company early last year began to run over and kiil our fellow-citi: zens and chiidren it developed that they were violating ordinance 2072 by not providing their cars with fenders es required by law. Public indignation began to be manifested, and steps were about to be taken by the Civic Federation to'bring the officers of that com- pany before the courts. You immediately re- pealed that ordinance, and have to this date given license, without penalty, to the street railway companies to main or kill without rrutecun[ the public by the use of proper lenders. Were you asked to repeal the old law by the people or by the streetcar magnates? It is pre- sumed that they requested tie change when threatened with~ prosecution and it is a very sad circumstance that you have shown so much alacrity to obey the wishes of these re- puted corruptionists and refuse to pay any at- tention to & request that you must know em- bodies the prayer oi the masses. The only rea- son offered us by the members of your Finance Committee (Messrs. Taylor, Hoobs and Benja- min) for not recommending the granting of our petition was that funds were not available for holding the soecial election. This seems to be only an excuse, because the annual appro- priations for election expendes for the current year are $32,000 (Municipal Order No. 2905, paséed September 23, 1895). The regular ex- nscs of the Election Commissioners and egistrar’s effice are otherwise provided for by the appropriation of £9600 in the same order. We have furnished you, in our memorial, with an estimate from the Registrar's office to the eftect that the special election could be held at an expense of less than $20,000. We to inquire why the.$32,000 aiready appropriated and in the City treasury is not available? Or why some pert of the appro- priation for “urgent necessity” ($36,000) conld ot be used for the purpose of relieving our City from one ore more of the “octopi” that are strangling it to decay. Or why part of the $185,000 which you appropriated for “waier and municipel purposes” could not be used for some permanent gbod instead of for filling the coffers of a few who have been given the privilege of taxing this community. We now request some formal action either, for or against the expressed desire of these petitioners for the calling of a special election at which-the question of public ownership of water and light works shall be submitted to the voters. to remind you again that we have dealt only with facts and figures taken from official reports. We hold up before you and our fellow citizens these statistics, which exhibit how grievously and unwarrantedly they are taxed by you for the benefit of a few wealthy monopolists. We also exhibit the difference of | The splendid music never | possible if each individual player had not sub- | isolated and from that which you have given to Fhicld the officers of rich corporations. Truth s peaks stronger than fiction, and com- ment is unnecessary. e have somehope that vou will redeem your names from the odium which the facts cast around you. 2 M\“";hurgemly request your éarly action- upon our petition for municipal water and light Works. e hav nor to be vours respectfully, e e Joux M. REYNOLDS, J. ScorT, H. A. CLIFFORD, ANTHONY, Committee on Public Ownership for the Unfon for Practical Progress. The union will bring the matter befpre other organizations that are Wgrklng toward the publiic good unless the Super- visors take some action at an early date. PREACHED ABOUT SOUSA'S BAND. Minister Hobbs Drew Some Religious Arguments From a Musical Text. 1t is seldom, if ever, that an amusement enterprise figures in a sermon, except as the object of scathing criticism. Still rarer is the occasion when it happens that such i8 used as a text by a teacher of holy precept- The clergy are so ac- customed to calling the stage and its environs o task and making the vell-worn comparisons between the theater and the abiding place of Sousa. e wicked spirits, that the remaks of a West- ern minister recently made from his pulpit are of . unusual interest. This tribute to the stage was delivered in the town of Deca- ture, Ili., and the clergyman was the Rev. E. G. Hobbs, the secretary of the Tilinois Conference and pastor of Grace )Iumm'h»t Church ai that place. : At a recent Sunday sermon the Rey. Mr. Hobbs toek “Sousa’s Band,” well-known to San Franciscans, and soon to be here again, as the textof his discourse, and among other things said “There is something radically wrong with the man who does uot care for m “Who is there,” b nguage which all com- d and should jevil has seized »se, but it does not bzlong to him. ou heard Sousa’s band? "1 heard it, or him, or them, or however you have a mind to designate the combination. I am not sure but I would best say hix The mw not a word, blew-not a note, yet seemed the soul of it all. With his little stick he seemed to play on il the pipes and horns and drum The music, soft as velvet, sweet as hon sparkling 45 the morning dew, see o in showers and dash in torrents from his fin- gers. The elfs of sweet sound would hurry out and laugh at his beck, or run away and hide in silence at his bidding. With that magic little wand he seemed with & touch to break the air into & mass of glittering diamonds and fling them at the jeet of any wno would take them. He made usall rich with the shining treasures. : I thought I learned some lessons from the band. We would all best submit to leadersk or, if you please, to dictatorship, some tim b would have been naestro said mitted his judgment and tastes to the leac so far as the work in hand was conc 1! Suppose we should all submit as_implicitly to Christ in our_religi How discords would be hushed! How the warring of factic would cease! How God would ta i notes and braid triumphal march of a chy should grasp the conquest of the world, and wiose skill would soon accomplish it.” ——————— LIBRARY EXAMINATION. Thirty-Three Applicants Contest for Positions of Assistants. The examination for two assistants in the Public Library was held yesterday in the City Hall. As many as thirty-three youpg women entered and went through the examination from 9 . M. to 5 p. ». School Principals Mann and O'Connor and Librarian Clark were the examiness, They acted according to civil service rules, which kept the identity of the contestants secret. Papers covering arithmetic, his- tory. geography and literature were pre- sented, and occupied the young ladies all ihe day. In addition to this test about eight of the best competitors will have to undergo two weeks’ probationary service in the library. 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